. >> stephanie: you have a big shin dig coming up in new york. >> caller: yes hurricane sandy almost blew us off course, but good folks here at media has done their work and we'll be on tomorrow evening. >> stephanie: that's right in marknew york city presented by buick. >> caller: that's correct. and the out 100 has achieved the recognition and stature and the magazine itself is 20 years old this year. >> stephanie: what a great year after the election result where is we saw marriage equality win at the ballot box for the first time. we've made so much strides in gay rights. when you started the "out 100". it seems likes like that's what is helping, when people know and admire a gay person somewhere and it's humanizing the issue. >> i call it the ryan murphy event. there is so much more gay presence in our culture now. yes, people we know directly, but also just through familiarization through mainstream culture through big tv shows and musicians. we know psychologically people know someone who is gay it tends to challenge their antithipy and it's a matter of who we choose to love.